Administration Guide

Chapter 28. Managing error logs

The IBM RS/6000 SP (SP) use both the BSD syslog and AIX Error Logging facilities, as well as a number of function-specific log files to record error events on each node. Refer to the PSSP: Diagnosis Guide for an overview of error logging and a description of SP specific log files.

This chapter describes error log management functions provided in the ssp.sysman install option of the IBM Parallel System Support Programs for AIX (PSSP). Error log management consists of:

• SMIT panel interfaces
• A set of external commands
  • splm for general log viewing, archiving, and service collection
  • psyslrpt for generating reports of BSD syslog log files
  • psyslclr for trimming BSD syslog log files
  • penotify for creating, removing, or displaying Error Notification Objects
• Sysctl-based server functions

This chapter discusses how to perform the following tasks:

• Manage the AIX Error Log facility
• Manage the BSD syslog facility
• Archive error logs
• View error logs
• Collect system data for IBM Service

To access the primary SMIT menu for managing error logs:

TYPE

smit

• The System Management menu appears.

SELECT

RS/6000 SP System Management

• The RS/6000 SP System Management menu appears.

SELECT

RS/6000 SP Log Management

• The RS/6000 SP Log Management menu appears.

The fastpath invocation for the Log Management menu is:

smit splogmgt